Karachi (June 13, 2017) The fifth death anniversary of ‘Shahenshah-E-Ghazal’ Mehdi Hassan is being observed across the subcontinent today.
Ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan was born on 18 July 1927 in a village called Luna, Rajasthan in Jhunjhunu district in India into a family of traditional musicians. He represented the 16th generation to a family of traditional musicians.
After the Partition of India Mehdi travelled to Pakistan and in order to cope with the financial hardships transited to being a car and tractor mechanic. Yet his passion refused to die down and his first major break was when sang for Radio Pakistan.
In 1957‚ Mehdi Hassan was given the opportunity to sing on Radio Pakistan‚ primarily as a thumri singer‚ which earned him recognition within the musical fraternity.
He had a passion for Urdu poetry, and therefore, he began to experiment by singing ghazals on a part-time basis. He cites radio officers Z.A. Bukhari and Rafiq Anwar as additional influences in his progression as a ghazal singer.
He was honored with numerous awards including Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Pride of Performance and Hilal-e-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan.
One of his Ghazals he will be most remembered for is Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s, ‘Gullon Mein Rang Bhare.’ A host of other numbers like ‘Ik Husn Ki Devi Se Mujhe Piyar Hua Tha’, and ‘Jab Koi Piyaar Se Bulaye Ga, Tum Ko Ek Shakhs Yaad Aye Ga’ are also equally memorable. He sang for over 300 films during his musical career.
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The iconic vocalist and a legend in ghazal singing Mehdi Hassan breathed his last on June 13, 2012 at the age of 84 in Karachi.
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